Whilst listening to an audio file on the net regarding
"Prophecy of the Stars," (1) the speaker outlined how he had plotted the
course of comet Hyakutake (hi-yah-coo-tah-key), taking note of each constellation that it
had passed through. Armed with a copy of E. W. Bullinger's "Witness of the
Stars," he threaded the meaning of each constellation together in the order of the
comet's path and came up with the following.

His observations began with the comet in Libra, which Bullinger explains as meaning
"price which covers." It then moved on to Bootes, "He cometh," Ursa
Major and Minor, "flocks, sheepfolds," Cassiopeia, "the captives
delivered" and ended with Perseus, "deliverance of the Redeemed."

Therefore, Hyakutake "spelled" out in the heavens:

"The One who paid the price which covers,
He cometh for His sheepfold
to deliver the captives and
to deliver the redeemed."

As I owned a copy of the same book and was intrigued with the whole thing, I started
wondering what message could be revealed if the same method was used to plot the course of
Hale-Bopp. The rest of this paper is devoted to that theme. The main purpose is to gather
facts and not to emphasize personal interpretation, therefore, some parts may seem
disjointed.

From September 1995 through September 1997 Hale-Bopp passed (or is passing) through
these constellations in this order: Sagittarius, Serpens, Ophiuchus, Aquila, Cygnus,
Andromeda, Perseus, Taurus, Orion, Canis Major, and Argo. (2) Each of these signs will be
discussed separately below.

1. Sagittarius (The Archer) - The Redeemer's Triumph

Bullinger's own words here regarding the nature of Sagittarius are noteworthy as they
were written before the 1893 edition date of the book. "John, in his apocalyptic
vision, sees the same mighty Conqueror going forth. 'I saw (he says) a white horse, and He
that sat on him had a bow,... and He went forth conquering and to conquer' (Rev
6:2)."

Noteworthy stars in the constellation:
1. Naim - the gracious one
2. Nehusta - the going or sending forth

2. Serpens (The Serpent) and 3. Ophiuchus (The Serpent Holder) -
The struggle with the enemy

These constellations show a serpent in the hands of the serpent holder trying to seize
the crown which is situated over its head, which it is looking up to and trying to reach.
While holding the serpent, Ophiuchus is stepping on the heart of the scorpion which is
marked by the star Antares, which means wounding.

7. Perseus (The Breaker) - Delivering the redeemed

Again, Bullinger's words say it all: "We see a glorious 'Breaker' taking His place
before His redeemed, breaking forth at their head, breaking down all barriers, and
breaking the heads of Leviathan and all his hosts. In His right hand He has His 'sore, and
great, and strong sword' lifted up to smite and break down the enemy. He has wings on His
feet, which tells us that He is coming very swiftly. In His left hand he carries the head
of the enemy, whom He has slain."

The Greeks called the head Perseus was carrying Medusa, "being ignorant that its
Hebrew root meant 'the trodden under foot.'" (3) The head is also called Rosh Satan -
the head of the adversary, Al Oneh - the subdued, and Al Ghoul - the evil spirit.

On April 11th in two consecutive years (1996 and 1997) a comet has passed through this
constellation in the head of Medusa at a point almost right between the eyes. The paths of
comets Hyakutake and Hale-Bopp formed the shape of a cross where they converged. This
seems like a replay of the story of David and Goliath with the comet or "dirty
snowball" hitting the enemy between the eyes.

8. Taurus (The Bull) - Messiah, the coming Judge of all the earth

Clusters of stars in the constellation:
1. The Pleiades - the congregation of the judge or ruler. This cluster is also called The
Seven Sisters. It's Syriac name is Succoth - booths.
2. The Hyades - the congregated.

9. Orion (The Glorious One) - Light breaking forth in the Redeemer

"Orion was anciently spelt Oarion from the Hebrew root which means light. So that
Orion means coming forth as light." (4) His left foot is raised as if to be placed on
the neck of the enemy. He has a girdle/belt with three bright stars and a sharp sword.
Some star atlases show the handle of the sword as the head of a lamb. In his right hand he
has a club and in his left hand he holds the head and skin of a lion.

Noteworthy stars in the constellation:
Betelgeuz (on his right shoulder) - the coming of the branch
Saiph (in the right leg) - bruised
Rigel (in the upraised left foot) - the foot that crusheth (like Ophiuchus, one leg is
bruised and the other is crushing the enemy)
Bellatrix (in the left shoulder) - quickly coming, or swiftly destroying
Al Nitak - the wounded One
Al Rai - who bruises, who breaks
Thabit - treading on

"Orion is the most brilliant of all the constellations, and when he comes to the
meridian he is accompanied by several adjacent constellations of great splendour. There is
then above the horizon the most glorious view of the celestial bodies that the starry
firmament affords; and this magnificent view is visible to all the habitable world."
(5)

10. Sirius (The Prince) - The coming glorious Prince of Princes

In the Denderah Zodiac it is called Apes - the head. It is pictured as a hawk which is
the natural enemy of the serpent and on its head it has a pestle and mortar signifying
that he shall crush the enemy.

Akkadian name: Kasista - the Leader

Noteworthy stars in the constellation:
The brightest star in the whole heavens is here, called Sirius - the Prince
Wesen - the bright, the shining
Adhara - the glorious
Aschere - who shall come
Al Shira, Al Jemeniya - the Prince or chief of the right hand
Abur - the mighty

In Arabic it means coming quickly

11. Argo (The Ship) - The pilgrims safe at home

The Greeks believed that this ship was used to search for a treasure (the golden
fleece) which had been lost. Homer writes how Jason, the captain of the ship, had
recovered the treasure from the serpent "which guarded it with ever-watchful eye,
when none else was able to approach it." Jason is Graeco-Judean for Joshua or Jesus.
This constellation portrays the return of the great ship and all its "company of
travellers." (6)

Noteworthy stars in the constellation:
Canopus - the possession of Him who cometh
Sephina - the multitude or abundance
Tureis - the possession
Asmidiska - the released who travel
Soheil - the desired
Subilon - the Branch

Arutz-7 News, Israel had the following to say about Hale-Bopp on March 31, 1996:
"Daniel W. E. Green of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics stated that
the latest orbital calculations indicate that the Hale-Bopp comet last passed through the
inner solar system about 4210 years ago. An Arutz-7 correspondent noted that according to
the ancient Jewish text Seder Olam Rabah, the comet's previous appearance was
approximately the same year that Noah began building the ark."

If we string all these constellations together we could interepret it to say:

"The Redeemer is Triumphant
having fought and smitten the enemy and
is returning as promised
to deliver the redeemed from their bondage and affliction.
Messiah, the Judge of all the earth, the Light of the world
will come as our glorious Prince of Princes
to lead the pilgrims safely home."

Addendum

In Numbers 2 there is a breakdown of how the tribes of Israel are to camp around the
tabernacle in the wilderness. On the east side under Judah's banner are Judah, Issachar
and Zebulon. West side under Ephraim's banner is Ephraim, Manasseh and Benjamin. North
under Dan's banner is Dan, Asher and Naphtali. South under Reuben's banner is Reuben,
Simeon and Gad.

Jewish tradition states that each tribe had its own sign per "Every man of the
children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard" (Num 2:2). These four main
standards correspond with the signs in the heavens (and also the four beasts of Rev 4:6,7
and Eze 1:10).

Genesis 49 and Deuteronomy 33 are also used as explanations for why each sign was
chosen.

Jerome Prado, in his commentary upon Ezekiel gives the rabbinical tradition regarding
the four main banners of the tribes: "On the east...Judah...on this standard there
was depicted a lion...whom Jacob had compared to a lion...Towards the south...Reuben...The
symbol depicted upon this standard was a human head, because Reuben was the first-born,
and head of the family...On the west...Ephraim...head of a calf was depicted, because it
was through the vision of the calves or oxen that his ancestor Joseph had predicted and
provided for the famine in Egypt; and hence Moses, when blessing the tribe of Joseph (Deut
33:17), said, 'his glory is that of the first-born of a bull'...Towards the north...
Dan...The crest upon this was an eagle, the great foe to serpents, which had been chosen
by the leader in place of the serpent, because his forefather Jacob had compared Dan to a
serpent, saying, 'Dan is a serpent in the way, an adder in the path'...for he shrank from
carrying an adder upon his flag."

So this would show Judah as Leo, Reuben as Aquarius, Ephraim as Taurus and Dan as an
eagle (but in the following Dan is still shown as Scorpio).

According to Bullinger the following is the breakdown of each tribe and their sign but,
of course, not everyone breaks them down this way. To be technically correct I should have
added the three constellations that comprise each sign but I am only adding in parentheses
those constellations that Hale-Bopp went through.

North

Dan-Scorpio (Serpens, Ophiuchus)

Asher-Sagittarius

Naphtali-Capricorn (Aquila)

West

Levi-Libra

East

Ephraim-Taurus

Levi-Libra ---------- Tabernacle ---------- Levi-Libra

Judah-Leo

Manasseh-Taurus (Orion)

Levi-Libra

Issachar-Cancer (Argo)

Benjamin-Gemini (Canis Major)

Zebulun-Virgo

South

Reuben-Aquarius (Cygnus)

Simeon-Pisces (Andromeda)

Gad-Aries (Perseus)

The tabernacle is nestled in the very heart of the camp.

If we track where Hale-Bopp went we see that it started in the North and went through
all three tribes (Asher/Sagittarius, Dan/Serpens/Ophiuchus, Naphtali/Aquila), then it went
south and through those three tribes (Reuben/Cygnus, Simeon/Andromeda, Gad/Perseus),
tracked west and through those three (Ephraim/Taurus, Manasseh/Orion, Benjamin/Canis
Major) and ended in the tribe of Issachar/Argo in the east.

The path the comet took through the sky is curious as among all the nations the signs
have always been kept in the same order: 1. Aries, 2. Taurus, 3. Gemini, 4. Cancer, 5.
Leo, 6. Virgo, 7. Libra, 8. Scorpio, 9. Sagittarius, 10. Capricorn, 11. Aquarius, 12.
Pisces.

It's interesting to note that Hale-Bopp was "out" of sequence when it started
in Sagittarius (The Archer) and THEN went to Scorpio (The Scorpion) but that after this it
followed the known order of the signs.

The three tribes/signs that Hale-Bopp did not go through are noteworthy:

Regarding these last three tribes, Judah houses the sceptre and is where the tabernacle
was (Jesus/Jerusalem); Levi denotes the priesthood, which every member of the church
belongs, with Jesus as our High Priest. This is pretty straight-forward and easy to see in
the Bible, but the correlation of Zebulon in this group proved more difficult. Strong's
says Zebulon means "habitation" or "to dwell" and states that he was
the 10th son (10 usually denoting completion) and that the root is Zavul. According to Avi
Mordechai, "Signs in the Heavens," Zavul is used in the Old Testament as a
description of the fourth heaven (there are supposedly seven) where God's heavenly Temple
is. "Zavul is the fourth heaven. Celestial Y'rushalayim (Jerusalem) is in the fourth
heaven. It is also where the heavenly Temple and altar is erected and where God and
HaMashiach (the Messiah) dwell." Therefore, Jesus and His Church are together in the
New Jerusalem in heaven?

Another interesting thing about Judah/Leo is the Lenoid meteor showers that occur
yearly. The meteors radiate from a point in the constellation of Leo and hourly rates are
usually 10-15 an hour, but this increases every 33 (?) years when comet Tempel-Tuttle
makes its periodic return. In these years, the Leonids can produce hourly rates of
thousands of meteors per hour with the occasion fireball observed. The Leonids are very
fast and are best known for their long, persistent trains. The Leonids can be observed on
November 17, 1997 this year which coincidentally occurs on the day that Noah is said to
have entered the ark and the "windows of heaven opened up" (17th day of the
second month). The last great Leonid meteor shower was in 1966, so astronomers are
expecting high counts either this year or within the next two years.

One last bit of information comes from the Talmud Berachoth 58b: "...I am as
familiar with the paths of heaven as with the streets of Nehardea, with the exception of
the comet, about which I am ignorant. There is a tradition that it never passes through
the constellation of Orion, for if it did, the world would be destroyed." ???????

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